Review of Submarino (2010) by Nick O — 10 Oct 2013
Another Danish flick in the same eery vein of Derek Cianfrance's "The Place Beyond the Pines" -- with Jakob Cedergren and Peter Plaugborg in the Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper roles, respectively -- Thomas Vinterberg's "Submarino" hits with just as much blunt force as that previous film.
It's hard to watch at times, and even harder to stomach afterwards. Like Vinterberg's only months-old "The Hunt", "Submarino" has enough emotional trauma to tranquilize a horse (or dog, in the case of "Hunt".
) But it's none of it contrived. The title refers to the method of torture in which a person's head is held under water until the very brink of death. All tragedy all the time, "Submarino" lives up to its namesake in hell and horror.
What's great about it is how it manages to outshine the cruelty and heartlessness of the Copenhagen underworld, emerging as a kind of fucked-up miracle.
This review of Submarino (2010) was written by Nick O on 10 Oct 2013.
Submarino has generally received positive reviews.
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